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[–] pjhile 1 point 12 points (+13|-1) ago 

but right to be prudent

Prudent would be to look at it, realize there is no explosive, and send him on his way. He's a freaking child. Not immediately notifying his parents should be illegal if it's not already. If you can't tell the difference between some wires and a bomb, you shouldn't be in charge of anything remotely close to law enforcement.

He was more provocateur than electronic genius.

Electronic genius? He's a child.

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[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Still, what would you do if you found it on a train? You'd think "that movie prop bomb is probably a prank but I should call the police anyway just in case". And the police would say "that's probably a prank but we should get the bomb squad anyway". And everybody would have their time wasted.

The kid needs to understand that fake bomb threats get taken seriously, so calling the police should have taught him that lesson.

But instead it taught him the lesson "cry victim in a way that the media narrative likes and you'll get loads of free stuff"

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[–] pjhile 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

Still, what would you do if you found it on a train?

Personally, I'd fondly look back on my childhood of tearing apart my dad's electric tools and putting them back together crap-ily.

The kid needs to understand that fake bomb threats

The only thing that kid understands is that most people are ignorant boobs.

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[–] skippy_the_kangaroo 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Law of common sense, mate. If I saw it on the train if still think it's a movie prop. Pro tip, bombs are not what you see in movies.

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[–] iamjanesleftnipple ago 

Did he call in a fake bomb threat? Did he walk around the halls saying it was a bomb and he was going to blow people up? Those are threats.

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[–] Big_Time_Sensuality 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

These kids are building working underwater robots. Doing something like this basically requires being an electronic genius. Some of them are even freshmen. Here's an actual suitcase bomb. Tell me they don't look similar. Hell, the bomb looks cleaner than his "clock". Highly doubt I'll be meeting Ahmed at any of the competitions I do.

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[–] iamjanesleftnipple ago  (edited ago)

They don't look similar at all. One has wires, the other has wires and pipes with the wires clearly running into it the pipes. Also, no big LED clock face (since that only happens in movies) but a cell phone trigger.

Also, the case he has was 8.5" by 5.5"... this picture you showed? That's a briefcase very different in size.